Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

B. O. DUTTON.

. CUFF HOLDER. No. 386,426. Patented July 17, 1888.

z a I o 1m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RODNEY O. DUTTON, OF PENACOOK, NEW' HAMPSHIRE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,426, dated July 17,1888.

Application filed May 3, 1858. Serial No. 272,627. (No model.)

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RODNEY O. DUTTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pena cook, in the county of Merrimac and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guff'Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices calculated to attach a cuff to a coat or dress sleeve in a manner which permits the former to follow somewhat the outward movement of the arm without becoming detached from the sleeve, the object being to retain a cuff ata given position relative to a coat or dress sleeve normally, regardless of the shirt-sleeve or arm of the wearer; and the invention consists of a suitable pin, a metallic loop for attaching toa button, and an elastic connection between the two, substantially as arranged and described in the following specification and claim, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, of which--- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device, Fig. 2 being an elevation of the pin when detached, and Fig. 3 represents a cufi having a stud or button in one of its button-holes and the metallic loop applied thereto.

the pin through the goods to which it is to be attached, the said points ddare confined within the hooks or bent portions 0 c of the ears C O.

A piece of elastic or an ordinary rubber band, E, connects that portion of the pin D which extends from one to the other of the ears B B with the metallic loop F, a convenient form for which is shown in the drawingsto wit, a piece of spring-wire is out the proper length and bent at its center so as to form an eye, f, for the reception of the elastic or rubber connection E. At the same time the parts ff are lapped past each other, and at a point about midway from said eye to their ends they are bent at right angles in a direction toward each other, thus forming the opening f and by gentle pressure of the extreme ends Ff of the loop F the said opening f may be made sufficiently large to pass over the head 9 of a cuff-button, G, and by relieving said pressure the partsff spring immediately back to their normal position and clasp the stud portion of a cuff-button.

Having described the construction of my improved device, what I claim is In a cuffiholder, the combination of a pinsupport having the ears B B and O O, the lat- RODNEY O. DUTTON.

Witnesses:

J. B. THURSTON, CHAS. G. REMICK. 

